Sonya Clark: Hair/Craft
UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents the exhibition Sonya Clark: Hair/Craft, on display from October 31 through March 12.
UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents the exhibition Sonya Clark: Hair/Craft, on display from October 31 through March 12.
UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presents Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit, on display from September 22 through December 17.
Featuring nearly 100 artworks, the exhibition is the first retrospective of celebrated Maryland artist Oletha DeVane, and traces the artist’s extensive career, from her early paintings and works on paper to video artworks and interactive sculpture, including works on view for the first time.
UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents the exhibition Aaron Siskind: Formations, on display from October 31 through March 12.
Evergreen’s new major exhibition, A History of Houseplants, explores the forces that sparked the Victorian obsession with houseplants, reveals how the trend manifested at Evergreen and in Baltimore, and examines how today’s houseplant enthusiasts both recall and differ from the Victorians of 150 years ago.
On view October 1, 2022-June 4, 2023. Gallery open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4p.m. Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day.
Admission is FREE and no advance registration is necessary.
UMBC's Department of Music presents the UMBC Gamelan Ensemble under the direction of Gina Beck.
The ensemble performs on a central Javanese gamelan, a gong-chime orchestra of Indonesia. Although most of the instruments of the gamelan are made of bronze, the ensemble also includes drums, xylophones, bamboo flutes, and plucked and bowed string instruments.
UMBC’s Collegium Musicum presents an engaging, hands-on, early instrument petting zoo. We welcome you to the stage to inspect at close range and handle instruments from UMBC’s early instrument collection, including crumhorns, Baroque strings, sackbuts, a shawm, and a harpsichord. In addition, we will present our viol consort on loan from the Viola da Gamba Society of America. Come learn how these instruments work and what they sound like!
UMBC Theatre presents You Can See Me in the Dark, directed by Eve Muson, with musical direction by Andrew Mann. A wild ride of monologues, scenes and songs that celebrate the secrets we keep and the secrets we reveal. Performed by the company of actors in audition and business of acting, this year’s company of actors perform cutting edge work written by award-winning playwrights on the contemporary scene.
UMBC's Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson.
Tickets are free, but reservations will be required. Please visit here to reserve seats.
UMBC's Department of Music presents UMBC Jazz in Concert featuring the Jazz Guitar Ensemble, the Jazz Small Groups, and the Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Tom Baldwin, Tom Lagana, and Matthew Belzer.
In 2017 the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries began building the world’s most comprehensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, and ephemera detailing the experiences of early modern women from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
UMBC's Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Brian Kaufman.
UMBC's Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Patrick Crossland.
In conjunction with the exhibition Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit, UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presents a closing panel discussion, featuring the artist, the exhibition curator, and additional scholars:
Jessica Bell Brown, Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art
UMBC's Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein.
The Percussion Ensemble is highly adventurous in its programming, with a repertoire that includes graphic-notation pieces, improvisational works and theater pieces, as well as works by important early percussion composers such as John Cage, Carlos Chavez, and Alan Hovhaness.
Anthony Jamal Bean, better known as (Chico Bean) is an American comedian, actor, writer, rapper, and producer best known for being one of the recurring cast members since Season 5 of the improv comedy show Wild 'N Out on MTV, VH1 and MTV2. He is also known for creating and starring in "The Freestyle Funny Comedy Show" alongside Darren Brand and former cast member B-Daht. Bean is also known for being a part of the podcast "85 South Show" with his fellow cast members DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller, and former cast member Clayton English.
Anthony Jamal Bean, better known as (Chico Bean) is an American comedian, actor, writer, rapper, and producer best known for being one of the recurring cast members since Season 5 of the improv comedy show Wild 'N Out on MTV, VH1 and MTV2. He is also known for creating and starring in "The Freestyle Funny Comedy Show" alongside Darren Brand and former cast member B-Daht. Bean is also known for being a part of the podcast "85 South Show" with his fellow cast members DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller, and former cast member Clayton English.
UMBC's Department of Dance presents the Fall Dance Showcase, featuring a new repertoire work by assistant professor Shaness D. Kemp, and senior capstone works that explore the past, present, and future of the human experience through elaborate and exciting movement.
Performances
Friday, December 9, 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 10, 8 p.m.
UMBC'S Department of Music presents a concert featuring premieres of works by student composers.
Admission is free, but reservations are required. Please visit here to reserve seats.
UMBC's Department of Music presents the Camerata Chamber Choir under the direction of Kevin O’Brien. A small choral ensemble consisting of auditioned singers from across the university. Camerata performs a wide variety of works drawn from the expansive choral repertoire: including Renaissance motets and madrigals, folksongs, German part songs, Russian sacred liturgies, American spirituals, and new American concert works.
UMBC's Department of Music presents the UMBC Opera Workshop under the direction of Sammy Huh.
Tickets are free, but reservations are required. Please visit here to reserve seats.